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MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JULY 13, 1958
No. 97
LAXJ
Me
Dr. Eisenhower
Starts Central
American Mission
21 -Day Trip for
Good Will, Facts
Washington (UPg Dr.
Milton S. Eisenhower flew to
Central America Saturday for
a 21-day good will and fact
finding mission during which
he generally will be hidden
from public view.
Dr. Eisenhower, brother of
the President, said in a state
ment at the airport that the
trip will determine whether
any changes are needed in U.
S. policies and programs in the
area.
He left aboard a military
transport plane for Panama
City, first sto4 on his tour,
after conferring with the Pres
ident at the White House.
Details Withheld
Details of his daily engage
ments and travel plans were
withheld. The strict secrecy
' presumably was imposed by
the White House to forestall
any repetition of the spitting
and stone-throwing demon
strations against Vice Presi
dent Richard M. Nixon during
his spring good will visit to
. South America.
Informed sources said, for
example, that the Johns Hop
kiw University president will
be kept "virtually invisible"
during his stay in Panama.
A group of Panamanian stu
dents, said to be antagonistic
to Panama's president, have
asked to meet with Eisen
hower. He told newsmen at
the airport he would try to
squeeze in a chat at tne em
bassy during an hour when he
is supposed to be changing
clothes.
Indication of Trouble
Another indication that
trouble may be brewing came
from Guatemala where the
newspaper Prensa Libre re
ported that "Trujillo ele
ments" plan to demonstrate
when Eisenhower arrives in
Guatemala City.
White House Joins
Drive for Program
, Washington (UPI) The
White House joined actively
Saturday in attempts by sen
ate military experts to draft
a generally acceptable com-
, promise on President Eisen
hower's . defense reorganiza
tion plan.
Presidential Assistant Bryce
N. Harlow, White House re
organization expert, paid
week-end visits to senate Dem
ocratic leader Lyndon B.
Johnson (Tex.) and Chairman
Styles Bridge (N.H.) of the
Senate Republican Policy
committee. Both are high
ranking members of the Sen
ate Armed Services commit
tee. Harlow was understood to
have discussed modifications
of three controversial changes
requested by President Eisen
hower in the House-approved
bill. The visits came in an
atmosphere which appeared to
, be favorable for compromise.
Festival Tickets
Run Ahead of 1957
- ' Ashland Ticket sale con
: tinue to run more than twice
as high as last year at this
time, William Patten, general
j manager of the Oregon Shake
spearean Festival, said Sat-
uraay.
. He said reservations for the
opening night banquet and
play are especially heavy, but
some tickets still are avail
able. Deadline for ticket pur
chases to the opening banquet
is July 16. . -
Sports Bulletins
Spokane. Wash. (UPI)
The Phoenix Giants jumped
on Spokane's Larry Sherry
for the second time last
week and pranced away
with a 6-2 win in the first
game of a Pacific Coast
League double header last
night.
Sacramento (UPI) Sac
ramento won both games of
a double header against the
Seattle Rainiers last night
with scores of 6-1 and 2-0 at
Emmons Field.'
Salt Lake City (UPI)
C?he Portland Beavers
bombarded Salt Lake pitch
ing for 18 hits last night to
lake their fourth straight
Pacific Coast League win
from the Bees. 13-5.
"This Is Apparently What Dominicans Want,"
Says Congressman Withrow
(Herblock Is
(ftogue Kover Form
(Gets Contract for
EfenovatDon Work
Salter and Klien, Rogue
River contractors, were
awarded a contract for reno
vation work and an addition
to Medford High school Fri
day night. Bids were opened
by the school board. '
Salter and Klien submitted
a low bid of $356,770. Other
bids were sumbitted by H.
Barnett, Medford, $365,757,
and Myers D. Jones, Medford,
$385,624.
Work on renovation will
start Monday, Leonard May
field, superintendent of Med
ford schools, said. High school
renovation will be completed
before school starts this fall,
and the, addition will be con
structed following that.
Shop Rooms
The project will make avail
able at least 15 more class
rooms, including shop rooms, '
construction of which was
started earlier this year.
The board also approved
the sale of $1 million worth
of additional bonds to finance
construction ; projects . The
projects include two new ele
mentary schools,. Wilson and
Hoover, work at the high
school and a multi-purpose
stage and dressing room at
West Side school.
The bonds were approved
by district voters in an elec
tion Nov. 5, 1957. The two
year building program called
for about $1,786,000 worth of
construction. -
The architect was author
ized to proceed with plans for
the West Side school work.
Bids Scheduled
Bids will be opened Tues
day, July 29, for asphalt pav
ing at Hedrick and Oak Grove
schools, and experimental as
phalt paving of areas under
play equipment at West Side,
Oak Grove, Wilson and Hoov
er schools. Mayfield was au
thorized to call for bids for
fuel oil for Oak Grove, West
Side, Lincoln and the school
administration building.
Frank Bash was elected
chairman of the board, and
Bill Barker vice chairman
Friday night. The board voted
to visit new building projects
July 29.
Sale of the oldest school
bus, which will be replaced
with a new vehicle, was au
London (UPI) Radio
Budapest reported that a fare
well ceremony was held in
the Hungarian town of Szent
endre Saturday for a unit of
Russian soldiers being with
drawn. 'Miss Jackson
At Kiwanis Sponsored County Fair
A "Miss Jackson County
will be crowned at the Ki-wanis-sponsored
county fair
next month, it was announced
yesterday. Miss America for
1958 is scheduled to make the
presentation.
The coronation was ar
ranged by Arthur M. Savard,
general chairman of the fair,
and the Medford Junior
Chamber of Commerce. The
fair will be held at the Med
ford armory Aug. 21-24.
Awards Listed
Miss Jackson County's a
wards will include county
wide acclaim, a magnificent
trophy and numerous other
prizes. She will also repre
sent the county at the Miss
Oregon pageant next year at
Seaside, Ore. The pageant is
a statewide project of Jaycee
clubs.
on Vacation)
thorized, and resignations of
two teachers, and election of
three others were approved,
Resigning were Patricia Stew
art, Oak Grove school, and
Gwen Weaver, Roosevelt
school.
Teachers hired were Mrs.
Delores Anne Gandee, for pri
mary grades; Claude B. Sil-
verwood, intermediate: classes
at : Washington school, and
Miss Mary E. Carolon, pri
mary. Khrushchev Says
West Trying to
Evade Conference
Moscow-dJPI) Nikita S.
Khrushchev Saturday accused
the West of trying to evade
a Summit conference and de
liberately sabotaging the
chances of disarmament.
Khrushchev made the
charges in a major speech at
a Soviet-Czechoslovak friend
ship rally in honor of visiting
Czech President Antonin No-
votny.
To keep the engagement
the Soviet Premier and Com
munist party chief flew back
Friday night from East Ber
lin where he issued a denun
ciation of attempts to split the
Communist world.
Khrushchev said the West
was dodging the Summit con
ference by insisting the ques
tion of Communist countries
of Eastern Europe be placed
on the .agenda, knowing the
Russians would not agree.
Asks Question
, "Why is it that the im
perialist circles do not wish
to hold talks and conclude
agreement with us?" Khrush
chev asked rhetorically.
He said it was because the
"fable of the Communist
danger is the main threat
which holds together that
(Western) system of military
pacts."
Khrushchev ' charged that
Western "monopolists" were
blocking Summit talks be
cause a disarmament agree
ment would mean a blow to
their pocketbooks.
Khrushchev said the West
was using the question of con
trols to sabotage disarmament.
He said the Soviet Union
would not be expected to open
its innermost secrets to West
ern "controllers" until mutual
confidence had been establish
ed. County' To
Glenn Jennings, Dick La
mont and Glenn Keyes have
been named to the local con
test committee by Art Van
Leeuwen, president of Med
ford Jaycees.
The winners, according to
the announcement, must pos
sess "charm, poise, personal
ity and talent." Official Miss
America rules have been
adopted. The entrant's age as
of Sept. 1, 1958, must be be
tween 17 and 27 years. She
must remain single during the
contest period, and to com
pete in the Miss Oregon con
test she must graduate from
high school by the time of the
pageant. An entry fee will
be charged to defray costs of
publicity, photos and registra
tion, it was reported.
Savard and Van Leeuwan
have stated that any city,
Goldfine Accuses
Group of 'Smear'
Drive Against Him
Textile Millionaire
Home for Week End
' Washington (UPI) Ber
nard Goldfine, bristling with
anger, bluntly accused House
Influence investigators Satur
day of conducting a "smear,
pry and spy" campaign
against him.
The New England textile
millionaire told reporters as
he left for Boston for the
week end that the subcom
mittee was carrying on a
"fishing expedition" in its in
quiry into his relations with
Chief Presidential Assistant
Sherman Adams.
He issued his statement at
Washington airport as he and
his wife boarded a plane. He
characterized the subcommit
tee, which has had him on the
grid for five days, of acting
like a "detective agency."
Predict Revelations
Goldfine was particularly
incensed by the fact Rep.
John B. Bennett (R-Mich.), a
subcommittee member, pre
dicted that new revelations
would come to light if the
group could lay hands on
Goldfine's business records.
Reading from a prepared
statement, Goldfine declared:
"That is exactly the point
I have been making. This
proves repeated statements
that this committee is on a
fishing expedition and look
ing into matters that are not
pertinent or relevant to the
inquiry at hand.
"A Congressional commit
tee cannot, and should not,
be permitted to take unto it
self the role of a detective
agency. The purpose of Con
gress is legislation and not to
smear, pry , and spy as has
,been the case up to now."--
Charges 'Ridiculous ; -
Bennett called Goldfine's
charges "ridiculous." Chair
man Oren Harris (D-Ark.)
said the Boston ' businessman
was "entirely wrong."
There was also a reliable
report that subcommittee
Chairman Oren Harris (D
Ark.) has signed four subpen
as which would give investi
gators access to Goldfine's
business records.
The subpenas reportedly
would demand that the industrialist-financier
give the sub
committee records of three of
his firms the East Boston
company, its subsidiary, Bost
Port Development company,
and Northfield Mills.
Army Reserve Unit
Leaves for Camp
The 417th engineer brigade
from Medford and Grants
Pass, Army reserve unit com
manded by Col. William H.
Prentice, Medford, was to
leave today for the Yakima
Firing center, Yakima, Wash.,
for its annual summer camp.
The unit, with subordinate
units from Montana, plans to
under "take construction of
permanent development, in
cluding surveying and plan
ning for a new road from the
Yakima Firing center over
rugged terrain to the Colum
bia river.
Medford reservists were
scheduled to leave at 6 a.m.
today and were to pick up the
Grants Pass contingent, in
cluding the executive "officer,
Lt. Col. Raymond H. Rob-
owski, later. The unit will re
turn July 26..
Be Crowned
service club, county fair ex
hibitor or other county group
could sponsor a contestant.
Van Leeuwan expressed hope
that every Jaycee club in the
area would participate.
' Judges will select the win
ner at special shows during
the four-day fair. The winner
will be crowned on the night
of Aug. 24. Marilyn Van De
Bur, Miss America for 1958,
will be making her final pub
lic appearance in crowning
Miss Jackson County before
traveling to Atlantic City to
crown her own successor, the
announcement said.
Russ Jamison, manager of
the fair, has urged commer
cial exhibitors to make res
ervations for booth space as
soon as possible to facilitate
planning of non-commercial
exhibits.
Stop
t
Local Man Still .
Critical After
Friday Accident
Others Injured Are
Treated, Released
Donald Glenn Schrag,' 27,
of route 4, box 447B, Medford,
Saturday night still was un
conscious and in critical con
dition, according to Rogue
Valley hospital attendants. He
was injured in an accident
Friday.
Schrag was the driver of a
car involved in an accident
with a Jeep station wagon
driven by Richard Bridges
Harrison, 30, of box 266,
Phoenix. The accident occur
red on Culver rd. a half mile
from Phoenix about 3:30 p.m.
Friday.
Others injured were treat
ed at Rogue Valley hospital
and released Friday. They
were Harrison, his wife, Doro
thy June, 29, daughter San
dray Kay, 15 months, and a
passenger, Jesse Marion Chan
cellor Jr., 23, of 510 Marie st.,
Medford, according to hospital
attendants. .
Drive Toward Phoenix
State police said Schrag was
driving toward Phoenix on
Culver rd. when the car fail
ed to make the curve. It ran
off the road on the wrong
side, skidded on a shoulder
and struck the station wagon,
police reported. The force of
the collision knocked the sta
tion wagon-on its side, of
ficers said.
State police said no action
against Schrag is planned at
present because of his condi
tion. In another accident Clyde
Dempsey Chandler, 26, of
2650 Old Highway 99, south,
Ashland, was reported in good
condition in Ashland General
hospital Saturday, according
to hospital attendants. He is
suffering abrasions.
Pinned Inside Truck
Chandler was pinned inside
the cab of his logging truck
Saturday afternoon on the
Dead Indian rd., about four
miles east of Highway' 66. A
wrecker, scoopmdbile and two
hydraulic jacks were used to
free him.
State police said, the truck's
brakes failed going downhUl.
As the truck rounded a curve,
it turned over and skidded
153 feet on its top into a road
side ditch. Some logs were
thrown as far as 200 feet, po
lice said.
Chandler told officers he
could have jumped but stayed
with his truck because of
heavy traffic on the road. The
truck met two cars on the
road and narrowly missed
both of them, he told officers.
Recess Called in
Smith Jury Trial
The trial of Roger Smith,
106 Crater Lake highway, was
recessed Friday afternoon un
til Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. by
Circuit Court Judge O. J. Mil
lard. '
The state concluded its tes
timony Friday at 3 p.m. after
more than a dozen witnesses
for the defense were called
including Medford City Police
Captain Clyde Fichtner, and
a Jackson county sheriff's
deputy. Defense attorney is
George Rode.
Smith is charged with re
moving a safe from Southern
Oregon Distributors, 710
South Grape st., on March 30.
District Attorney Thomas J.
Reeder presented the state's
case.
Lake Boundary Maps
Received by Court
Boundary maps of the Emi
grant reservoir and vicinity
and Howard Prairie dam and
reservoir areas are posted in
the Jackson county court
room in the county court
house. The maps show the pro
posed outlines of the areas
when the Talent irrigation
project will be completed, and
includes proposed recreation
sites. The bureau of reclama
tion maps may be viewed by
interested persons.
Work
j""' '
RECEIVE PINS Among. the 43 employees
of the State Highway department who
were awarded service pins last week were
Paul Robertson, left, Medford, and his
brother, Lewis, Prospect, (center) who have
served in the construction division of the
department in this area for 32 and 34
years, respectively. Congratulating them,
above, is District Maintenance Superinten
dent James F. Putnam. Paul Robertson's
Burglary Suspect
Escapes Police
In Brookings Area
Brookings (UPI) A 22-
year-old burglary -suspect who
escaped from a state police
man Saturday en route to po
lice headquarters here was
being sought by teams of po
lice in the Harbor area. .
Object of the manhunt was
Gerald J. Clemmer of Lake
side, wanted for questioning
in the burglary of - a hambur
ger stand in Trinidad, Calif.,
Friday night.
. Police said Clemmer was on
foot and that all highways
were being patroled and ad
jacent areas combed. Air
planes were being used in the
search, which is in rugged,
isolated rimrock country.
He was not believed armed.
Car Stuck
State policeman Bob Palm
er said he came upon Clem
mer and a . companion, Paul
Zyta, 15, also of Lakeside,
with their car stuck on Win
chuck river road near Brook
ings. He helped them free the
vehicle, he said. butfthen no
ticed rolls of coins, cartons of
cigarettes, a set of new tires
and a new radio in the -car.
The back seat was also full of
hot dogs, he said.
Palmer decided to take
them back to Brookings and
ordered Zyta to ride in the pa
trol car. He instructed Clem
mer to drive ahead of the po
lice car toward Brookings.
On a curve, Clemmer pulled
over suddenlv and fled into
the underbrush, Palmer said.
The policeman returned to
Brookings with Zyta and the
search was launched.
The search area is about 13
miles south of where an
armed fugitive. Henry Hill,
was shot to death last May at
tempting to break through a
police roadblock.
Underwriters Elect
Medford Man
Pendleton (UPI) The
first annual Oregon State Life
Underwriter's association con
vention ended here Saturday
with election of officers.
About 200 delegates attended
the three-day session.
Will B. Caldwell, 55, Med
ford, was named president,
and Oscar Specht, Salem, as
secretary-treasurer. Regional
directors named were Gordon
Wilson, Portland; Don
Thompson, Bend; Joe Mercer,
Klamath Falls, and Charles
Croley, Albany.
The "insuranceman of the
the year", award went to Don
Robinson, 29, of Salem. Rob
ert Mikkelson of Albany re
ceived the "rookie insurance
man of the year" award.
Medford was selected as
next year's convention city.
Princess Margaret
Arrives in Canada
For Official Visit
Victoria, B.C. (UPI)
Britains. pert Princess Mar
garet stepped smartly from a
luxury airliner Saturday to
be welcomed by thousands of
cheering Canadians and Am
erican tourists to a month
long 4,000-mile official tour
of Canada.
Margaret began her first of
ficial visit to the Dominion
as the representative of her"
sister,. Queen Elizabeth II.
But she received a personal
tribue of her own when Brit
ish Columbia offered her an
entire island, to be named in
her honor and developed as
a park.
The Princess made a 19-
hour flight from London, with
stopovers in Goose Bay, Lab-
Army Officers
Arrested by King
Beirut, Lebanon (UPI)
King Hussein of Jordan has
arrested 60 army officers and
non-coms including his own
personal bodyguard to smash
what he believed to be a Unit
ed Arab Republic plot to as
sasinate him, informed sources
here said Saturday.
They said Hussein was con
vinced the plot was financed
and directed from Egypt and
Syria in an attempt to replace
him on the throne and bring
Jordan into the U.A.R.
The king survived a similar
threat to his throne in April,
1957, when he fired his chief
of staff Maj. Gen. Mali Abu
Nuwar and jailed 60 other of
ficers' and men.
That crisis brought to pow
er strangman Premier Samir
El-Rifai. Since then the na
tion' has lived under tight po
lice control but diplomats here
said Rifai eased tension in
side Jordan and brought a
new calm to the country.
Veterans Council Asks
Closure on Vets Day
The Veterans Allied Council
of Jackson county has asked
cooperation of businesses and
industry in Jackson county to
close Veterans Day, Nov. 11..
In a resolution addressed to
industrial organizations and
business establishments, the
Council urged that "Medford
and Jackson county take the
lead and set the good example
for the rest of the state in
carrying'out the wishes of the
President ... in the proper
observance of the one day of
the year when we can join to
gether to renew our faith in
our country and those ' who
have so nobly defended it at
all costs,"
son, Wilmer, having been with the depart
ment for more than 10 years, also received
a service pin. Lewis Robertson, who is two
years older than Paul, began working out
of Medford in 1924. Paul started in Prospect
about two years later and in 1938 they
switched jobs. Both men were 24 years old
when they went to work for the depart
ment. -
rador, and Vancouver, B.C.
She crossed the Atlantic on a
British Overseas Airways
Bristol . Britannia "Whisper
ing Giant" turbo-prop piloted
by Capt. James Percy.
Refuelled at Goose Bay
The .' plane refuelled at
Goose Bay . and then flew
across Canada non-stop to
Vancouver. Margaret slept
through the Labrador stop.
At Vancouver, Margaret
leff the BOAC plane and
boarded a 'Royal Canadian
Air. Force C-5 luxury trans
port for the short hop to Pat
ricia Bay airport, north of
Victoria.
: Margaret has visited Can
ada before, but not as an of
ficial representative of the
Queen. She made three stop
overs in Canada while on oth
er tours.
Her visit began officially
with a message of welcome
from Governor General Vin
cent Massey.
As required by protocol, de
fense Minister George Pearkes
flew from Ottawa to repre
sent the federal government
and welcome her to Canada
at Vancouver. Then she was
greeted to British Columbia
by the province's Lieutenant
Governor, Frank MacKenzie
Ross. . o
Court Orders Fee for "
Registered Voter List
The Jackson county court
has signed an order that the
county clerk prepare lists of
registered voters to be used
for political purposes for a
third of a cent per name.
The order was recommend
ed by County Clerk Bereth
Hopkins, and will become ef
fective immediately. Upon re
quest, lists will be furnished
for a third of a cent per name
for one original list or one
legible duplicate list of reg
istered voters in the county.
The Council noted that
many places in Oregon are
planning to close Veterans
Day, and that-the retail mer
chants have gone on record
as favoring to close on Nov.
11 "provided local industry
would cooperate and give the
veterans the opportunity to
carry out the full program of
Veterans Day." .
The resolution noted that it
has been impossible to hold
any events on Nov. 11 because
"90 per cent of the veterans
were required to work that
day." Veterans Day is regard
ed as a legal holiday in Ore
gon and nationally, the Coun
cil noted.
$6.75 Million in
Construction Jobs
Stopped by AGC
Tight Schedule
Noted by Official
' A stop-work order by the
Associated General Contrac
tors.has halted approximate
ly $6,750,000 in construction
work on the Talent project.
This is the second time in
less than three months that
labor disputes have crippled
the project. A strike by con
struction workers earlv in
May lasted 12 days.
"Any delay now is just too
bad," James A. Callan. con
struction engineer for the .
bureau of reclamation, said '
last night.
Pretty Tight Program
"We are on a pretty tight
program this summer," he
added. "If it lasts a week it
would put us behind quite a
bit. It 'would be doubtful if
we could finish this year after
that."
Callan said the two maior
jobs halted so far were "very
critical" and due for comple
tion this year.
The AGC's. order was is
sued last week in reply to a
strike by the Operating En
gineers union. The strike be
gan in southwest Washington ;
Wednesday and spread into
northern Oregon Thursday. .
No Pickett Observed
No pickets have been ob
served in the Talent area.
However, the AGC said in its
order that, "a strike against
one is a strike against all." It
called on all AGC members
employing operating engi
neers to halt operations.
Sherf Brothers. Sandkav
and Birch complied Friday,
idling approximately . 180
workers on the Howard Prai
rie delivery canal. Chenpv
Cherf and Associates stopped
worn: yesterday in the Keene
Creek ' area, including the
dam, power conduit and two
tunnels. About 110 workers
were involved? .The two con
tractors together employ an
esumaiea 75 operating engi
neers. A total of about $350 mil
lion in construction work in
Oregon and Washington has
been paralyzed so far. This in-
eludes the Swift dam on the
Lewis river in Washington,
two dams on Oreeon's Clack
amas river, and most major
highway work in Oregon.
Highway Work Stops
M. C. Linineer and Sons.
Medford general contractors.
stopped work Friday on nar
rowing the center striD on
Siskiyou blvd. in Ashland.
Labor and management rep
resentatives are scheduled to
meet in Portland Monday
morning with Federal Media
tor Leroy Smith. A meeting
for nearly four hours Friday
produced no results. The un
ion is reportedly asking a 98
cents Der hour nackaee Day
increase, retroactive to the
start of the year, a hiring hall
and a termination date of
June 30, 1961, for the new
contract. The bid contract ex
pired June 30 of this year. .
The strike in May affected
the same two contractors on
the Talent project plus the
Wismer and Becker and P. .S.
Lord combine, which held a
$1,787,000 contract. This com
bine has taken no action so
far in the Dresent situation.
The union eventually won a
50 cents per hour wage in
crease to be spread over three
years. v
WEATHER I
FORECAST: Continued fair, but
not quite so warm today and
Monday. High today near 90.
Low tonight 48. High Monday
93.
TEMPERATURE:
Highest Yesterday 91
Lowest Yesterday 5J
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today .
. 7:8 p.m.
. 4:46 a-m.
3:02 a-m.
Sunrise tomorrow .
The Moon rises
, tomorrow
and rides high, i
MORNING STARS
Mars, rising; at 12:18 a.m.,
is now in the constellation,
Pisces, and will soon move Into
Aries. Venus, seen near the
Moon tonight, is now near
Elnath in Taurus and will soon
move into the constellation,
Gemini.